Tour bus crashes into rear of lorry, injuring two

TAPAH: Two people were injured, one seriously, in an accident involving a tour bus and a tanker lorry at KM330 of the North-South Expressway, southbound, near the Tapah rest and recreation area today.

In the accident at about 5.30am, a female passenger known as Wan Nor Amni Wan Din, 22, and the co-driver of the bus, Nur Azmi Mohd Nor, 50, were injured.
Tapah district police chief Supt Som Sak Din Keliaw said Wan Nor Amni was unconscious after being seriously injured on the head, while Nur Azmi was injured on the leg and ribs.

He said the incident occurred when the bus carrying 20 passengers from Kelantan heading to Tanjung Malim was trying to overtake the tanker lorry laden with cement, but failed and crashed into the rear of the vehicle.

"Other passengers, the main driver of the bus and the tanker driver escaped injury," he said today.

Both injured victims were taken to Tapah Hospital. — Bernama